1. To develop leadership
for the advancement of the best interest of the trappers and the fur industry
as a whole.
2. To inspire in our membership a desire to practice the ethics
of true sportsmanship toward others who wish to enjoy the recreation pleasures
of the outdoors.
3. To impart adequate knowledge to our youth concerning
the necessity of conservation.
4. To cooperate with the duly recognized
conservation organizations in the furtherance of the objectives of the trapping
fraternity.
5. To advocate a comprehensive research program regarding the
conservation of native furbearing animals.
6. To cultivate a feeling of
goodwill and mutual understanding through a proper respect of the rights of landowners
at all times.
7. To eliminate unnecessary cruelty in the employment
of steel traps.
8. To discourage and eliminate unjust and fraudulent trade
practice in the marketing of raw furs.
9. To aid and cooperate with law
enforcement agencies in bringing about the apprehension and just punishment of
trap and fur thieves and other game law violators, pertaining to trapping.
10.
To oppose, demand revision or repeal of any law or regulation which is biased
or discriminative toward the trapping fraternity.
11. To oppose any proposed
legislation which would impose unreasonable restrictions on the taking
of furbearing animals, or the sale of the pelts thereof: to demand the revision
or repeal of any existing law or regulation of the same nature.
12. To oppose
any individual or any organization or combination of organizations whose activities
are motivated by avarice or whose interests or designs are detrimental
to the interest of the trapping fraternity.